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Colin Frederick Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain (13 June 1866 – 3 November 1954), was a Scottish banker.

He was educated at Eton College.

He was President of the British Bankers' Association from 1938 to 1946 and was also a Director of the National Provincial Bank and of London Assurance. On 28 January 1946 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colgrain, of Everlands in the County of Kent.

Lord Colgrain married Lady Angela Mary Alice, daughter of Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby, in 1890. She died in 1939. Colgrain died in November 1954, aged 88, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Donald.

Coat of arms of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain

Crest A boar’s head erect and erased Azure issuing from a wreath of myrtle leaved and flowered Proper. Escutcheon Gyronny of eight Or and Sable on a chief Azure a bezant between two crescents of the first. Supporters On the dexter side a horse Argent and on the sinister side a boar Azure. Motto Fac Et Spera

References

1. 'COLGRAIN', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016
2. "No. 37461". The London Gazette. 8 February 1946. p. 864.
3. "Lady Angela Mary Alice Campbell (née Ryder) (1863-1939), Daughter of 4th Earl of Harrowby; wife of 1st Baron Colgrain". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
4. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

Notes

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

• 1866 births
• 1954 deaths
• People educated at Eton College
• Scottish bankers
• Clan Campbell
• Barons created by George VI
• 19th-century Scottish businesspeople
• 20th-century Scottish businesspeople